it was an election about the machinery to get out the votes for president obama. and it was a masterful, methodical effort. now, as i listened to a lot of fellow television and radio talk show hosts or even read the opinion columns of those who excoriated romney, a couple of things occurred to me. if you weren't critical of mitt romney and his campaign the day before the election, then don't be a phony and be critical the day after. also, i noted that the loudest critics were the people who have never once put their own names on a ballot for anything. and since some seem to have a perfect insight into how to run a campaign and be a candidate, i sure hope they are he' going to give us all the benefit of their expertise and maybe they'll sign up to run next time, oh, yeah, there are lessons to be learned for sure and yes, my party does need to have a more effective outreach to people of colors. those who say republicans can't win the votes of african-american and hispanics are wrong. and i had more than half of the african-american votes when i ran for governor in m